Joshua 2:5

2:5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. ¹  I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

Joshua 8:16

8:16 All the reinforcements ²  in Ai ³  were ordered ⁴  to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “And the gate was to be shut in the darkness and the men went out.”

[8:16]  ² tn Heb “All the people.”

[8:16]  ³ tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”

[8:16]  ⁴ tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”